Button and fastening device therefor.



H. EDELSON.

BUTTON AND FASTENING DEVICE THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 21. 19 15.

Patented May 22, 1917.

mi -Alli A ll/ WITNESSES ATTORNEYS are.

HARRY EDELSON, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNEQYLVANIA, 'ASSIGNOR TO REGAL BUTTONWORKS, INC., OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

BUTTON AND FASTENING :onvron THEREFOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22, 1917.

Application filed September 21, 1915. Serial No. 51,739.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it kno-wn .that I, HARRY EDnLsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented'a new and useful Button and Fastening Device Therefor, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to a novel-- button and consists moreparticularly of novel means for securing the button with respect to thegarment whereby the necessity of sewing the buttons on the garment iseliminated. I

It further consists of novel means for securing a button to a garmentwhich is constructed in such a manner that the button may be removedwhen desired.

It further consists of a novel fastening device movably carried by thebutton and provided with novel means for securing such device in lockedposition. 7

Other novel features of construction and advantage will hereinafterappear in the detailed description. i

For the purpose of illustrating my invention I have shown in theaccompanying drawing the preferred embodiments thereof which are atpresent preferred by me, since the same will give in practicesatisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood thatthe various instrumentalities of whichmy invention consists can bevariously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited tothe'pre'cise arrangement and organization of these in strumentalities asherein shown and described.

Figure 1 represents a bottom plan view of "a button having a fasteningdevice embodying my invention in assembled position therewith.

Fig.2 represents a plan view of a locking member in detached position.

Fig. 3 represents a section on linea w of Fig.2. 1 f

Fig. 4 represents a sectional view of a guide member employed. I

Fig. 5 represents a section on Hueyy of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 represents a sectional view of my device showing the manner inwhich the parts appear during the operation of securing a button to agarment.

Fig. 7 represents a sectional view showing the manner in which the partsappear when the button is assembled with respect to a garment. Y

Fig. 8 represents a bottom plan view of a button having anotherembodiment of my invention employed in conjunction therewith. Fig. 9represents a top plan view of the locking member seen in Fig. 8.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings: '1 designates a button of any desired orconventional type and for convenience of illustration I have shown acovered button consisting of an outer casing member 2 and an innercasing member 3 the sides of which latter'are laterally deflected,as at4, and the outer casing member 2 is laterally deflected, as at 5, inorder to fit over the member 4. 6- designates the cover which is turnedinwardly, as at 7 in order tobe clamped between the flanges 4 and 5 ofthe casing. 8

designates a: filler of 1 any desired material which may be employed ifdesired. 9 designates a support or guide plate preferably consisting ofan integral piece of material having the prongs lO punched from the bodyportion of the guide and adapted to pass through the openings 11 in thecasing member 3 and be deflected around the walls of said opening, asindicated at 12, said prongs extending nwardly and then rearwardly asorder toiinterlock the locking member with free ends of which arepointed, as at 18. In I the guide" 9, I provide interlocking meanscommon to such parts and in the embodiment seen inFigs. Ito-7'inclusive, the guide 9 is provided with an aperture 19 and the lockingmember 15 has one ofits side walls 16 outwardly deflected to form a lugor projection 20 which interlocks with the walls of the aperture 19, asbest seen in Fig. 1.

It is also within the scope of my invention to provide means if desiredto interlock both of the side members of the locking member with theguide, as seen in Figs. 8 and 9, it

being seen in Fig. 8 that each side of the guide 9 is provided with anaperture, an additional aperture 21 being shown in Fig. 8, andanadditional lug 22 being formed on the other side member 16 of thelocking member to interlock with such aperture. Since the other parts ofthe construction seen in Figs. 8 and 9 correspond to similar parts seenin other figures of the drawing, I have identified them by the samereference characters. 23 designates the garment or fabric to which thebutton is to be secured.

The manner of securing the button to the garment will be readilyunderstood by those skilled inthis art and is as follows The lockingmember 15 is moved forwardly into the position seen in Fig. 6 and thegarment as seen in said Fig. 6.

the prongs or hooks 17 are passed thro i gh he button is then movedforwardly until the locking member 20 engages the walls of the aperture19, at which time the hooks 17 are located with respect to the button,as seen in Fig. 7 it being noted that the free ends of the lockingmember 15 press against the turned-over portion 13 of the guide 9 sincethe tension of the spring locking member 15 tends to move the hookslaterally. The constructions seen in Figs. 8 and 9 operate in the samemanner except that both the side members 16 of the locking member whichare guided in'the grooves 14 of the guides interlock with the walls ofthe apertures on both sides of the guides.

If it is desired to remove the button from the garment it is simplynecessary to move the hooks 17 toward each other thereby effecting therelease of the means on the looking members which interlock withthe'guide, whereupon the button maybe moved with respect to the hooks 17so that the button may be readily removed, as will be apparent from Fig.6.

By the employment of my present invention the necessity of sewing thebuttons on the garment is entirely eliminated and the buttons aresecurely held with respect to the garment.

In accordance with my present invention it will be seen that I provide aresilient locking member movab-ly mounted with respect to the button andadapted to be inter locked in position with respect to the button.

It will now be apparent that I have devised a novel and useful buttonand fastening device therefor, which embodies the features of advantageenumerated as desirable in the statement of the inventionand the abovedescription, and whileI have, in the present instance, shown anddescribed preferred embodiments thereof which will give.

in practice satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understoodthat the same are susceptible of modification in various particularswithout departing from the spiritor scope of the invention orsacrificing any of its advantages. 9

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is r 1. The combination with a button, of asupport comprising a plate having means to engage the button and itssides laterally deflected to form guide grooves, and a looking membercomprising a resilient strip deflected to form side members slidable insaid grooves and terminating in portions to engage the garment, one ofsaid side members forming a locking means, and one of said grooveshaving an aperture in its side wall to receive said locking means.

2. The combination with a button, of a support connected therewith andprovidedwith uide grooves, one of which has an aperture 1n its wallintermediate its ends, and a look ing member consisting of a resilientstrip deflected upon itself to form side walls at one end and hooks atits free ends, and having one of its sidewalls provided with means tointerlock with said aperture when the locking member is in its closedposition and be retained in locked position by the resiliency of saidstrip.

3. The combination with a button, of a support connected therewith andprovided with guide grooves, each of which has intermediate its ends alug receiving portion, and a locking member consisting of a resilientstrip deflected upon itself to form said side walls having a lug toresiliently interlock with its respective lug receiving portion, saidlugs belng dlsengaged from said lug receivlng portions by moving thefree ends of the lockingjmember toward each other;

HARRY EDELSON.

Witnesses:

H. S. FAIRBANKS, C. D. MCVAY.

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